Following Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s prosecution sanction against author Arundhati Roy, Congress leader P Chidambaram has made it clear that the sanction has no scope for tolerance “under the rule of the LG (and its masters)” He said it shows. “A nation should show tolerance and tolerance when speeches are made, even if many people object. I am in favor of freedom of expression and am opposed to the Colonial Disturbance Act.” Article 124A It has been often abused and should be abolished. There are other provisions in the law that are sufficient to deal with incitement to violence,” a senior Congress leader said.
Mr. Chidambaram was Union home minister in 2010 when Mr. Arundhati gave the speech for which he is now being prosecuted. When Chidambaram was asked in 2010 why no action was taken against Arundhati Roy’s Azadi speech, he said he stood by his statement. “I still stand by what famous author and journalist Arundhati Roy said in his speech in 2010. At that time, there was no valid reason to charge him with treason,” Chidambaram said. Told. In 2010, Chidambaram said the Delhi Police was following the letter and spirit of the law by not filing a case against Arundhati Roy.
The BJP’s Amit Malviya said Chidambaram had “jumped the gun again” to “earn brownies” in his “eagerness to please pseudo-liberal casteists and dynastic rulers”. “The LG has not sanctioned the prosecution of Arundhati Roy under Section 124A (sedition) of the IPC precisely because the matter is before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. The sanction of prosecution is given under Sections 153A, 153B and 505 of the IPC Act.But facts matter little when arrogance rules the head.” Malviya tweeted.
Thirteen years after the speech, the Delhi LG on Tuesday handed down prosecution sanctions against Arundhati Roy and former Kashmir Central University professor Sheikh Shaukat Hussain.
What was Arundhati Roy’s speech?
On October 21, 2010, a meeting was held by the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners under the banner “Azadi – The Only Way”. Arundhati Roy was one of the speakers at the conference. The FIR accused Roy and other speakers of making provocative speeches in New Delhi on November 27, 2020.
